BRANTLEY COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE 10:20 AM: The Southern Area Complex Incident Management Team says the fire has grown to 20,933 acres with only 7% contained on Sunday.

The Brantley County wildfire has expanded as fire crews battle historic drought conditions. The fire has destroyed homes. The Brantley County Sheriff’s Office says infrared mapping shows the fire to be approximately 20,933 acres, and containment remains at 7%.

Current road closures:

Brantley County

• Highway 110 W – from Highway 82 to Highway 32
• Highway 32 – from Highway 301 to Post Road (county line)
• Browntown Road – from Highway 82 to the Wayne County line
• Post Rd (Hwy 82 to Hwy 32)
• Little Memorial Rd (Hwy 32 to Wayne Co. line
• Crandal Rd
• Gallberry Rd
• Shady Oaks Cir @ 259 (escorted residents only)
• Hawthorne Rd
• Brushy Creek Rd
• Fendig Rd
• Mumford Rd
• Albert Gibson Rd
• Murphy Rd
• Boots Harrison Rd
• Bladen Rd & Post Rd

Wayne County

• Manningtown Rd & Ron Rd
• Post Rd @ Ten Mile Rd to Wayne–Brantley line
• Wire Rd to Brantley line
• Mt. Pleasant Rd @ Browntown Rd

Glynn County

• Hwy 32 (Hwy 301 to Hwy 99)
• Hwy 110 (Hwy 32 to Hwy 82)

Destroyed homes in current wildfires most in Georgia’s history

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who toured much of the scorched areas in the southern part of the state on Friday, said the 120 homes lost to wildfires in Brantley and Clinch counties are the most in the state’s history.

“The two fires we’re fighting, among many others in Georgia, ... the Pineland fire and the Highway 82 fire rank No. 1 and 2 in the country,” Kemp said during a news briefing Friday at the Waycross-Ware County Airport. “So we got the two most dangerous, biggest, problematic fires anywhere in the United States in the small area we’re having to fight. It’s a lot for us to deal with.”

How Brantley Co. fire started

Officials said the wildfire in Brantley County was started by a balloon from a kids’ birthday party that landed on a power line and created an arc, which caught the ground on fire.

County-by-County Wildfires Update

Northeast Florida

Baker County

• Sargent Fire - 2,523 acres, 81% contained

Bradford County

• Deden Fire - 180 acres, 50% contained

Columbia County

• Gun Range Fire - 129 acres, 50% contained

Clay, Putnam counties

• Railroad Fire - 4743 acres, 70% contained

Putnam County

• Pace Court Fire - 343 acres, 85% contained
• Mondex 3 Fire - 300 acres, 30% contained

Southeast Georgia

Brantley County

• Highway 82 Fire - 20,933 acres, 7% contained

Mandatory Evacuations:

• Browntown Road from Hwy 82 to Hwy 32
• Browntown Road from Hwy 82 to Greenleaf Rd
• GA-110 (Yellow Pine Rd) to Thrower Rd
• Happy Hollow
• Drury Ln & Drury Ct
• Coffee County Club Rd
• From Thrower Rd to Mossy Oak
• Highway 110 from Highway 32 to Lane Cemetery Road to include from Lisa Lane to the Satilla River.

Voluntary evacuation

Brantley County and Wayne County EMA have issued a Voluntary Evacuation for:

• Hwy 32 east of Needmore Rd to Hwy 301 at Ed Harrell Rd, including all areas within these boundaries.

The Brantley County Sheriff’s Office says residents in the area should be prepared to leave if conditions worsen.

Evacuation shelters

• The American Red Cross Shelter - Day and Night
• 100 Genoa Martin Drive, Brunswick, GA 31520

The Brantley County Sheriff’s Office says the shelter will provide an air-conditioned mobile unit to house small pets (dogs/cats) in crates, with bedding provided.

• Southside Baptist Church - Day
• 550 School St., Nahunta, GA 31553
• Nahunta United Methodist Church - Day 
• 107 E. Cleveland St., Nahunta, GA 31553

Mandatory curfew:

• A mandatory curfew from 8:30 P.M. to 6:30 A.M. will remain in effect through the duration of this incident. There is a burn ban in place for all counties in South Georgia.

Glynn County:

As of Saturday night, Glynn County officials issued a mandatory and voluntary evacuation advisory within the following areas:

• Old Post Road to Highway 32
• Highway 32 to Thalman Park Lane
• Thalman Park Lane to Bladen Road
• Bladen Road to Old Post Road

Voluntary evacuations:

• Alpine Rd
• Gilley Rd, Boones Branch
• Sallie Cline
• Mauney St, Chelsea Cir
• Post Rd N of Hwy 82
• Old Post Road north of Highway 32

Clinch County

• Pineland Road Fire - 32,003 acres, 10% contained.

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